Mr Salvini repeatedly criticised the European Union for its treatment of Italy and other member states.
He hit back at EU requests for political certainty ahead of the Italian elections scheduled for March 4, saying Brussels should work harder to protect Italy's interests.
The Lega leader said: "It’s not us who have to give the European Union guarantees for the future. It’s the bureaucrats in Brussels who need to apologise to Italians.
"Apologise for the milk quotas and thousands of other things. Voters ask me to win to see my programme applied."
Earlier last week the... read more

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